Combination garden hand tool



Sept. 2o, 1932. c. A. TODD 1,878,553

COMBINATION GARDEN HAND TOOL Filed Dec. 2l. 1931 @wks/775060@ hmmag Patented Sept. 20, 1932 UNITED STATES yen annns A. Toni), or owENsBoRO, KENTUCKY COMBINATON GARDEN HAND TOOL Application iled December 21, 1931. Serial No. 582,415.

This invention relates to combination hand garden tools. d f

The objects of the invention are to provide a tool head having oppositely presented por- 5 tions embodying on the one hand a rake element and on the other a broad blade which may be used as a hoe or scraper, in combination with a pointed blade capable of serving as a hoe or a plow for forming furrows and l0 also available for cultivating around hilled plants and for purposes of general utility; to so secure the rake portion andthe scraper portion together and to so relate them to the handle as to minimize the leverage exerted "l by said portions against theirmeans' of connection with said handle; toso connect said portions to each other as to greatly reduce or eliminate vibration at the point of connection betweenisaid portions-when the tool is beino used as a hoe or bein@ sub'ected to 'ars to provide simple meansifor detachably securing the cultivator point to the hoe or scraper blade; to provide means for supporting the cultivator blade in position against 25 displacement under impact when used as a hoe and to prevent its displacement when used as a cultivator or for running a furrow, and to so relate said means to the axis of the handle as to properly distribute the 30 weight of the tool and avoid the exertion of turning leverage by said plow blade about the axis of said handle; to provide means equi-distantly spaced from, and on opposite sides of, the axis of the handle, in combina- 35 tion with means having its axis lying in the same vertical plane as the axis of said handle and equi-distantly disposed between said lirst mentioned means for mounting and holding said plow blade in proper position; to utilize 0 the means securing the handle socket flanges to the rake portion for supporting the socket end portion of the plow blade; to provide a construction wherein the axes of the fastening means between the socket ianges and the l rake portion and between the rake portion and the scraper blade portion will all lie in a single horizontal plane coincident with the horizontal plane passing through the axis of the handle and wherein the removable plow blade as operatively mounted will exert its end thrust at a point substantially coincident with said horizontal plane at points equi-dis. tantly disposed on opposite sides of the axis of said handle.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 represents a rear elevation of a combination tool embodying my invention;

Figure 2, a section on the line 2-.21of Fig. l, looking in the direction of the arrows; l`

Figure 8, a section on the line 3-.3 of Fig. l(i0 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 4, a fragmentary sectional view, on anenlarged scale, on the lineLl-.t of Fig. l, -looking in the direction of the arrows; and

Figure 5, a section on the line 5.-5 of-Fig. on 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1, 2, 3 and 5 are made to a scale of one-third full size from an actual commercial embodiment of the invention, while Fig. t is made ln, on an enlarged scale without any. definite pro,.- portional relation to said actualcommercial embodiment. l

Referring now in detail tothe drawing,.1 indicates the rake portion of usual orconven- #5 tional rake construction having the! usual tines and the usual connecting head or` bar portion which will have its rear face curved -or arcuate in vertical section; 2 designates the scraper blade portion, which will be T30 flat piece of sheet steel of suitable gage or designates `the usual socket in which the end ao of the handleisto be inserted and secured in usual or known manner; and 6 designates the pair o socket flanges eXtending later-ally'in opposite directions from d'iametrcally opposite portionsy of the socket 5 and having Lat --their outer end faces convexin cross section and corresponding -in shape to the 'opposed faceof the adjacent portiony of the horizontal upperjbar oriconnecting head of the rake 1 so as to bereceived thereby. we

Rivets 7 respectively passing through said flanges 6 in the adjacent portions of said head of the rake 1 serve to secure the socket 5 firmly to the rake head or horizontal bar and in accordance with usual practice the ends of these rivets 7 are upset. However, in addition to being upset, the forward ends of the rivets '7 are enlargedand of cylindrical form and substantial length so as to extend through registering perforations in the scraper blade 2 and to afford supporting buttons or stop shoulders for the plow or cultivator blade 3. Said rivets 7 are equi-distantly disposed on opposite sides of the axis ofthe socket and in the horizontal plane thereof. l i. The rake portion 1 and scraper blade portion-2 are properly centered withrelationto eachother as illustrated in Figures 1 and 5, and are then secured together by. means of rivets 9 passing` through registering perfora- Vtions in theV adjacent portions of said rake portion 1 and scraper blade 2, said rivets 9 .having their axes disposed in the common horizontal plane of the axes of the rivets 7 .and the handle 4 and preferably beinOr arranged in pairs equi-distantly disposed from, and 'on opposite sides of, the axis of the socket .5,that is to say the two extreme outer rivets 9 are disposed on opposite sides of, and at the vsaine distance from, the axis of the socket 4 Y and the inner rivets 9 Aare similarly related j .to the axis of the socket 4, therebeinO-only two pairs of such` rivets 9 in the embo iment illustrated. Also, the pair of inner lrivets 9 will preferably bedisposed closely adjacent 'the rivets 7, as illustrated, to firmly-secure y the medial' portion'of the scraper blade 2 to VAfili the rake portion 1. The portion of the scraper blade 2 between the inner pair of rivets 9 will be formed with a pair of enlarged perforations having axes disposed in the horizontal plane intersecting the axis of the socket 5 andthe axesflof the rivets 7 and 9 `and will snuglyv receive the enlarged cylindrical portions 8 of the rivets 7, which enlarged heads Savillv cooperate with the rivets 9 in sustainjing the thrust of the scraper blade 2 when the same 'is used for hoeing or chopping operations.

` The-scraper blade 2 isY formed wlth a perwith a straight edge adapted to rest upon and be supported by vthe enlarged heads 8 at points equi-distantly disposed from the vertical central line of said blade 3, and the perforation in said blade 3 has its axis intersected by said vertical central line of said blade 3 and is so spaced in a vertical direction from the straight end edge of the blade 3 that as mounted in operative position said straight end edge will engage said enlarged ends8 p i..

Preferably the tool as a whole will be constructed as 'illustrated with the intention that the plate 3 when used shall be disposed in engagement with therear face of the blade 2 and with the straight edge end portion of the blade 3 disposed between the opposed faces vof the blade 2 and the rake portion 1, and with the frontface of plate 3 in engagementpwith the rear face of plate- 2and the rear face of the straight edge end portion of blade 3.,in engagement with the adjacent curved frontQface of rake portion 1 as illustrated in Figures 2 and 4, or substantially 1n engagement therewith.

AThe rake portion 1 will preferablybe of heavy sheet metal'stock and will be formed by well known sheet metal ldie stamping and formingoperations. l

What I claim is:

1. A cultivator attachment for a combined hoe and` rake comprising a iat blade with a rounded end, the lower end adapted to be held by the jointbetween the rake and hoe, and a detachable fastening vmeans-between the blade and hoe.

t l2. A cultivator attachment for a combined hoe and rake comprising a lat vblade with a rounded end, the 1lower end adapted to be held bythe joint between the rake and hoe, ind a fastening means between the blade and oe. y

In testimony whereof, I yhave signed my name to this specification at Owensboro, Kentucky, this .18th day of December, 1931.v

- v CHARLES A. TODD.

foration vdisposed equi-distantly between the said enlarged perforations receiving heads 8 and disposed in a vertical directionat va dis- ,tance from the axis of the socket 5 approximately equal to the distance between thesaid heads 8 or slightly less, and having its axis lying vin the same vertical plane as the axis of .said socket 5, said perforationbeing adapted to receive the removable bolt 10 passing through the registering perforation in the plow or cultivator blade 3 and ref I ceiving av'nut 11 toldetachably secure said i 'plow or cultivator blade 3 in proper operativeposition The socket orsupporting end of-said plow or cultivator blade v3`is formed 

